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I may not be a first-rate composer, but I am a first-class second-rate composer.

Richard Strauss

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Richard Strauss
Age: 85 †
Born: 1864
Born: June 11
Died: 1949
Died: September 8
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München
Richard Georg Strauss
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If you think that the brass is not blowing loud enough, mute it by a couple of degrees.
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The human voice is the most beautiful instrument of all, but the most difficult to play.
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Never look at the trombones, you'll just encourage them.
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Never look at the brass - it only encourages them.
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don't perspire while conducting - only the audience should get warm.
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The aria, after all, is the soul of opera.
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